Amarasiṃha

Amarasiṃha was the author of the Nāmaliṅgānuśāsana, also called the Amarakośa. He was a Buddhist.

Audavraji

The Sāmavedaprātiśākhya (a.k.a. Ṛktantra) is ascribed to Śākaṭāyana or Audavraji.

Bhartṛhari

Bhartṛhari's most famous work is the Vākyapadīya. He also wrote the Mahābhāṣyadīpikā, the oldest partially extant commentary on the Mahābhāṣya. Some also consider Bhartṛhari to be the author of a t...

Bhaṭṭojidīkṣita

Bhaṭṭojidīkṣita (fl. in Vārāṇasī), a.k.a. Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita or Bhaṭṭoji, was a hugely important figure in the Sanskrit grammatical tradition in specific and the Sanskrit intellectual traditions in g...

Bhoja

Bhoja is the author of the Śṛṅgāraprakāśa.

Bhānujidīkṣita

Bhānujidīkṣita was the son of Bhaṭṭojidīkṣita and was patronised by king Kīrtisiṃha of the Veghela dynasty.

Candragomin

Candragomin (a.k.a. Candrācārya) was possibly a Buddhist from Bengal. Candragomin was the founder of the Cāndra grammatical school, a non-Pāṇinian grammatical school in the Sanskrit grammatical tra...

Devaśarman

Devaśarman was from Kashmir. On dating Devaśarman, see Hahn (2008: 24 [§1.2.5 paragraph 3]).

Dharmadāsa

Dharmadāsa is the author of the Cāndravṛtti.

Dharmakīrti

Dharmakīrti was possibly a Jain.

Durgasiṃha

Durgasiṃha was possibly from Bengal.

Haradatta

Haradatta was from south India.

Haridīkṣita

Haridīkṣita (c. 1650 A.D.), a.k.a. Hari Dīkṣita, was the grandson of Bhaṭṭojidīkṣita and the author of the Bṛhacchabdaratna. Haridīkṣita was the teacher of Nāgeśabhaṭṭa. It is believed by some that...

Helārāja

Helārāja was possibly from Kashmir and a contemporary of Abhinavagupta.

Hemacandra Sūri

An author. Active 12th century AD

Jagadīśa

An author

Jaimini

According to the tradition, Jaimini was a student of Bādarāyaṇa, the author of the Brahmasūtra. Several works are attributed to Jaimini.

Jayāditya

Jayāditya was one of the two authors of the Kāśikāvṛtti (the other being Vāmana).

Jayāditya

An author

Jinendrabuddhi

Jinendrabuddhi was a Buddhist.

Jñānendrasarasvatī

Jñānendrasarasvatī was the teacher of Nīlakaṇṭhavājapeyin.

Kaiyaṭa

Kaiyaṭa was from Kashmir.

Kauṇḍabhaṭṭa

Kauṇḍabhaṭṭa was the son of Raṅgojidīkṣita, the brother of Bhaṭṭojidīkṣita, i.e. Kauṇḍabhaṭṭa was the nephew of Bhaṭṭojidīkṣita.

Kuḍaka

Kuḍaka (or Chuḍḍaka) was from Kashmir. On dating Kuḍaka, see Hahn (2008: 22−23 [§1.2.4 paragraph 1−2]).

Kātyāyana

The Vājasaneyiprātiśākhya is ascribed to Kātyāyana.

Kātyāyana

Kātyāyana is chronologically the second author in the Pāṇinian grammatical school whose work is extant. In the tradition, Kātyāyana is regarded as one of the Pāṇinian sage-triad (munitraya) enjoyin...

Kṛṣṇaśeṣa

Kṛṣṇaśeṣa (a.k.a. Kṛṣṇa Śeṣa, Śeṣakṛṣṇa, or Śeṣa Kṛṣṇa), of the famous Śeṣa family of Varanasi, is believed by some to be the grandson of Rāmacandraśeṣa (the author of the Prakriyākaumudī). Kṛṣṇaśe...

Mahimabhaṭṭa

Mahimabhaṭṭa was from Kashmir.

Mammaṭa

Mammaṭa was from Kashmir.

Mādhava

Mādhava was the brother of Sāyaṇa. Some in the tradition believe that 'Vidyāraṇya' is another name of Mādhava and is not the name of a different person. The relation and identity between Sāyaṇa, Mā...

Nāgeśabhaṭṭa

Nāgeśabhaṭṭa (a.k.a. Nāgeśa Bhaṭṭa, Nāgeśa, Nāgojibhaṭṭa, Nāgoji Bhaṭṭa, Nāgoji; fl. in Vārāṇasī) was a hugely important figure in the Sanskrit grammatical tradition. Some consider Nāgeśabhaṭṭa to...

Nārayaṇabhaṭṭa

Nārayaṇabhaṭṭa (a.k.a. Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa, Nārāyaṇa) was the author of the Mānameyodaya.

Nārāyaṇabhaṭṭa

Nārāyaṇabhaṭṭa was from south India (Kerala). His other works include the grammatical poem Dhātukāvya and the devotional poem Nārāyaṇīya.

Patañjali

Patañjali is chronologically the third author in the Pāṇinian grammatical school whose work is extant. In the tradition, Patañjali is regarded as one of the Pāṇinian sage-triad (munitraya) enjoying...

Piṅgala

The Pāṇinīyaśikṣā is attributed to Pāṇini or Piṅgala.

Puruṣottamadeva

Puruṣottamadeva was from eastern India, possibly Bengal.

Puṇyarāja

Puṇyarāja was the author of a commentary (Ṭīkā) on the Vākyapadīya.

Pāṇini

Pāṇini (also referred to as Dākṣīputra and Śālāturīya), the author of the Aṣṭādhyāyī, was possibly from Gandhāra, which is the north-western area of the Indian subcontinent. In addition, the Pāṇinī...

Ruyyaka

Ruyyaka was from Kashmir. Ruyyaka also authored the Alaṅkārasarvasva and the Kāvyaprakāśasaṃketa (a commentary on the Kāvyaprakāśa). Ruyyaka was the teacher of Maṅkha (the author of the Śrīkaṇṭhaca...

Rāmacandraśeṣa

Rāmacandraśeṣa (a.k.a. Rāmacandra Śeṣa or Rāmacandra) is believed to be the grandfather of Viṭṭhala (the author of the commentary Prakriyākaumudīprasāda on Rāmacandraśeṣa's Prakriyākaumudī). Some a...

Sāyaṇa

Sāyaṇa (d. 1387) was the brother of Mādhava. The relation and identity between Sāyaṇa, Mādhava, and Vidyāraṇya are a subject of scholarly debate. Sāyaṇa was a minister at the court of Harihara I an...

Vardhamāna

Author of the Gaṇaratnamahodadhi (1140 A.D.)

Viśvanāthapañcānana

Viśvanāthapañcānana (a.k.a. Viśvanātha Pañcānana, Viśvanātha Nyāyapañcānana Bhaṭṭācārya) was from Bengal. Viśvanāthapañcānana's father Vidyānivāsabhaṭṭācārya was a contemporary of Kṛṣṇaśeṣa in Vārā...

Viṭṭhala

Viṭṭhala is believed to be the grandson of Rāmacandraśeṣa (the author of the Prakriyākaumudī).

Vāmana

Vāmana was one of the two authors of the Kāśikāvṛtti (the other being Jayāditya).

Vāsudevadīkṣita

Vāsudevadīkṣita was possibly from Tamil Nadu.

Vṛṣabhadeva

Vṛṣabhadeva (a.k.a. Harivṛṣabha) was patronised by king Viṣṇugupta.

Yāska

Yāska is the author of the Nirukta.

Āpiśali

The Āpiśaliśikṣā is attributed to Āpiśali.

Śabarasvāmin

Śabarasvāmin is also known as Śabara